How to create cause-and-effect diagrams

Learn how to create a cause-and-effect diagram, also known as an Ishikawa or "fishbone" diagram, to explore and display the possible causes of a certain effect.
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Thanks. What is the process of identifying the causes?

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Could someone define a term I'm trying to think of? What would you call an attribution error where an incorrect cause is attributed to the observed effect?

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How bout measurement

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strength of materials

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Kaouru ishikawa

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Watching this for the worst class in school

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Fish bone diagram 6 .... Man, machine, method, measure, environment, material

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do u have real sample of fish bone diagram (from A to Z) to send for me?

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Thats it?

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where are the effect ?

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Build categories bottom-up or you will miss important causes.

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Could you kindly elaborate especially by giving an example?

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